Major Update - Honeymoon, Babysitting, PCOS

So I already started this post once. :/ Boo. I hate it when that happens. Anyways, long story short I've been babysitting Ava for 5 of the past 7 days. It's pretty insane. Most energetic child EVER in the whole WORLD. I'm pretty convinced this is true, like legitimately. I've babysat a LOT of kids in my day and been around a lot more. I'm not saying she's the worst behaved (she certainly is not) but she is the most energetic and talkative.

That said, I'm not ready for children. I'm not ready for someone to rely on me 24/7/365. Not ready to give up sleeping in or not worrying or listening. Lol. Lazy? A little. But at least I'm honest. Lol. I need to use my early 20s to do lazy stuff and worry about me and Seth. haha. And not have to worry before we leave for our honeymoon (that we are working on planning!) haha. It's sort of exciting and overwhelming at the same time. It's only overwhelming because it costs money and we have to figure so much out. It's cool though! I'm ready for an amazing relaxing trip to a beautiful place I haven't been to before. :) I'm excited for Seth too! I'm probably more excited for him that for myself. We're thinking tropical, warm, and relaxing beach. :) Jamaica? Other Caribbean? Hawaii? We're going to talk to a travel agent about it and see if they can get us better prices or a better idea of what we want or need ... or can afford. Lol.

Oh, Will got home from his Europe trip last Tuesday night. For the record, he preferred Greece and Turkey to Italy. Italy is apparently one of those "only have to see it once" kind of places. He brought Ava this SUPER cute outfit that we call her "Jasmine outfit." See? Told you it was cute!


In other news, I had my annual today. Those are always so awkward and weird...and do not feel good at all. I brought up my ultrasound I had last year - official word is I only have 1 cyst that is "worthy of classification" basically. The rest are small. Here's the thing though....2 centimeters is pretty large considering the size of an ovary, I thought? But I guess not. There was some pain there when she pushed down on it and so, because of that, the past US, and the other symptoms I have, I'm scheduled for yet another gross ultrasound in two weeks. (Sorry, TMI a little). We have to see if my ovaries have developed more cysts or if they are fixing themselves on their own or what. If there is still a cyst or there are more, the Doc said "we would need to do something about it." I dk what that means, but it made me nervous and kind of wanted to cry, if I'm perfectly honest. And why shouldn't I be? It's my honest to blog (heh) feelings. I really wanted to say that phrase... lol. I'm really nervous and feel skeptical and uncomfortable with this. PCOS is stupid. It needs to go away.

On a happier note - vacation soon!!! :) So excited.

Seth's Birthday/Our Anniversary

So Wednesday was Seth's birthday and our Anniversary, as I wrote about earlier. Well, here is what we did. :)

Hannah went shopping with me for Seth's birthday present. Isn't it cool? I got a bucket and a popcorn bin thing to put the presents in. I got him lots of candy - Mike & Ike's, Snickers, Slim Jim, Orbit gum, a giant Hershey bar and some other candy that he likes. I got him one of those hilarious microphones for an inside joke ;) and got him a Dale Jr Transformer car. I got him The Hangover (since we just went and saw The Hangover II which was quite funny). I also found his FAVORITE drink and got him three bottles of it. :) And of course a card. Haha.

So after Seth got his (awesome) birthday present, we went out to Longhorn's for his birthday. We = me, Seth, Hannah and Seth's friend Jason Shirley. We had a lot of fun and laughs at dinner and Seth got his cake thingy. Sharee comped his "birthday meal," which was nice.

After that, the four of us came back to the apartment and did some birthday shots for Seth's bday, haha. It was fun night. Started to rain and storm, lol, it was fun/funny. I hope he had a good time. :)

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We decided to celebrate our anniversary the day after, on Thursday. He and I went out to Cracker Barrell (I know, not the most romantic). We had planned on going out for Japanese, but we were both craving Cracker Barrell. Haha. So that's where we went. :)

Anniversary & Seth's Birthday

Today is a pretty big day, for a few reasons. Today is my fiance Seth's 23rd birthday!! Happy Birthday to Seth!! :) I love him so much. I hope he has an awesome birthday and is happy. We are going to get a delicious lunch and then maybe do dinner with a bunch of friends. Whatever we end up doing, I hope he is happy with it. :)

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Life is a journey, and love is what makes that journey worthwhile.
Happy Anniversary

Right now, I'm just sitting here next to my sleeping fiance and sleeping puppies. I'm just thinking about how interesting the feeling of an anniversary is at this stage. At one year, I felt like "wow, this is new. Never done this before." At two years, it was like "Hm, this is pretty significant. Look at us." At three years, you feel legitimate. It's like "Yeah, we've been together and are established and we're awesome." Lol. Needless to mention, today is our three year anniversary.

Three years ago today, we went on our first date to Applebee's. It was Father's Day, his 20th birthday, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr, won his last race to date. Oh, and I met the man I am going to marry, though I had no clue of that then. You really don't get to know those things, which is beautiful. You take that chance. You go on that date at 1 in the afternoon on a Sunday (yeah, I know) and you end up meeting the person that will forever change your life regardless of the outcome. Silly little you has no idea. Lol.

We have gone through SO MUCH in these three years (feels weird to say that) and we have a lot more to experience together. I feel so blessed that I was given this opportunity but at the same time, I feel proud. I feel proud of us both for sticking out the hard days, months, and even years and I feel proud that we put our pride in the backseat. I feel proud that we, the two of us with our issues, have made such a solid, lasting, and even enviable relationship. I'm not trying to be narcissistic, but I think we really do "have it right." We aren't your traditional couple but we aren't totally non-traditional. We have respect and love for one another on top of a hundred other little nuances that make our relationship strong and unique. I'm a lucky girl, doubtless, and he's a lucky guy. Who knew that three years ago today we'd end up like this. :) Color me happy and happily surprised.

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Our first picture together is below. It wasn't taken on our first date, but was taken shortly after (a week, I think). We look like babies, literally. I've probably posted this before. But I was 18 and he was 20. How strange....

Us today, three years later:

We have grown up a lot, in many ways, due to our relationship. I can only hope we continue to grow and change together. My hopes are high. I'm not the eternal optimist but I've got to admit I have an optimistic view of love. I hope to grow old with this man. I hope to learn and change and grow together like we have been doing for many many many more years. :)

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life. - Hugh Walpole, Sr

I got in!

So this blog should have happened some time between my birthday blogs and the engagement pictures, but whatever. I'm lazy. Here is my point: I got my letter and I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM AT GRADY!!!! I am seriously so excited. I had/have been struggling a lot with how my life would go and finally I have a little bit of stability along with those worries. I have a plan for the next 2-3 years. I say possibly three because I could go on to Radiation Therapy on top of the Radiologic Technology. It's really and truly fascinating to me (I was totally into the cat scan Seth had to have a few weeks ago, asking questions like I was 5).

I can see myself doing this. I haven't been able to comfortably have that thought in a loooonnnngggg time and it feels amazing. I can, though. I can see myself wearing scrubs, working with patients, doing the work, and being happy. It's not a job that will come home with me, which is something that I thoroughly WANT and NEED from my career. I can't have a career that could come home with me because I overthink things. I need a career that I can enjoy and feel competent and accomplished in, but I also need a career that stays at the work place. I am really excited about going to school for this.

I think the program will be tough and time consuming (it will be - I mean, 8-4 every weekday is a pretty big time commitment) but it will be worth it, and I can say that will conviction. Only two years, possibly three, and I can be making a really good salary working in a field that I find fascinating and also still feel like I'm helping people. What more could a girl want out of her future career plan? :) Not much, unless it was a guarantee that my optimism will not be unfounded. :) Can you tell I'm in a happy place, blog? It's surprising actually because my day was crappy. Haha.

Update and ENGAGEMENT PICS!

So a couple of days after my birthday week/weekend, I started to get sick. :/ I was sick from Tuesday until....well, I still don't feel 100%, but I definitely feel better. It was gross. The fever, sore throat, coughing, headache, congested, blahhhhhhhh stuff. :/ Yesterday (Friday) my fever broke and I was awake. You know how normally you are asleep when that happens? Yeah. I wasn't and it sucked. Lol. BUT after sleeping off the after effects, I started to feel better. So, this morning I got up and showered and headed to my parents' house so Mom, Ava and I could go to Courtney and Shannon's wedding. It was a really nice ceremony in a beautiful church. The Bride and Groom seemed really happy.

Also --- we got our engagement pics uploaded! I'm going to post a few of them. :) YAY!!!!! Not all of them are on my computer yet, but hey. Lol. I'm really happy that we have them. We are so cute! hahah

Another One

Another Update:
Went out Thursday night with Hannah, Megan, and Seth. Hannah and I had Margaritas and shots...oh and a Bahama Mama. Trying to figure out my favorite drinks (and hey - it was still my birthday!) I don't have pics of this because they're on Hannah's camera. Lol. But they will come later.

And the last birthday celebration took place on Saturday (June 4) after Mom, Seth and I went to Steven and Victoria's wedding. We went out to El Charro and I had my first "legal in front of my family" drink, lol. Had a giant margarita. See below. ;) Then we almost set the house on fire with all my candles (just kidding!) but it was a good day. :) :)

Birthday Update

Again, I am slacking like whoa on this blog. Poor neglected blog. BUT, here is what has happened:

I had a birthdayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! June 2 I had my last exciting adult birthday besides the scary ones (30, 40, .... other numbers). Lol.

Here are some pics and a recap - at exactly 12:01 on June 2nd I had my first legal drink (a shot called Red Demon or Red Death, I dk) with Seth, Sharee, Lauren and some others from LongHorn. Then I had a glass of Moscatto. After this, we went to Blue on the square (my first bar!) and I had a delicious shot called a Chocolate Cake -- omg soooo good. I had one from Sharee and one from Chuck. Also had a Sex on the Beach and something else. Then we went to Samba Loca until it closed at 2 and I had a few more shots and some sort of Brazilian drink that was minty. It was a realllllllly fun night. :)